HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2005-068CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2005-068
RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING LEGISLATION TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR
I-494 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the Cities of Bloomington, Edina, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Plymouth and
Richfield have joined together to promote improvement of I-494 from the Minnesota
River to I-94 in order to increase road capacity and to improve the productivity and
convenience of resident and businesses throughout the region; and
WHEREAS, fiinding for improvements to the I-494 corridor, the Twin Cities
metropolitan region and greater Minnesota has not kept pace with growth and demand;
and
WHEREAS, accelerating the scheduled expansion of I-494 is a common and high
priority objective of the I-494 Corridor Commission communities; and
WHEREAS, the I-494 corridor is at overcapacity in many locations; the cost of traffic
congestion along the corridor is $100 million per year, and congestion is expected to
double in the next 20 years; and
WHEREAS, these costs and the ramifications of congestion are an impediment to
business development, economic growth, and reduce the overall quality of life in the
metropolitan areas; and
WHEREAS, transportation fiinding in inflation-adjusted dollars has declined by more
than 25 percent over the past decade, transit is fiinded at 65 percent of that in similarly
sized regions, and planners and government officials estimate that $700 million to $1
billion in improvements per year is needed over the next decade to simply keep up with
anticipated congestion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that this Council supports legislation to
decrease congestion and increase the state revenues available for improvements to the I-
494 corridor and other metropolitan transportation systems including an increase in the
state gas tax, dedication of 100 percent of the Motor Vehicle Sales Tax for transportation
purposes, an increase in the license tab fee, a regional sales tax option, increased trunk
highway and general fund bonding and increased use of voluntary toll lanes.
Adopted by the City Council on February 22, 2005.
Resolution No. 2005-068
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STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on February 22, 2005, with the original thereof on
file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk